Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel liner IXION arrives in Glasgow from Sydney (Australia) via Liverpool

   The 523-feet long Blue Funnel passenger / cargo liner IXION arrived in Glasgow at 0625 on 10^th April 1957.   She had come from Sydney (Australia) via Liverpool and berthed at berth 3 King George V Dock, Shieldhall, Glasgow with her head south and her draught forward being 20’ 05” and aft 22’ 08”.

   Renfrew Stevedoring Company commenced unloading her inward (= to be unloaded in Glasgow) general cargo at 0800 on 10^th April and completed discharging at 2030 on 15^th April.

   At noon on 17^th April IXION, then drawing 16’ 00” forward and 21’ 06” aft shifted astern from King George V Dock and moved astern a short distance downriver to Elderslie Drydock where she entered the Drydock for a short routine maintenance.   She left the Drydock on 19^th April and returned to King George V Dock at 1530, berthing in berth 1/2  with her head south and draught forward 16’ 01” and aft 21’ 05”.

     Renfrew Stevedoring Company commenced loading her 1,700 tons of outward (= to be loaded in Glasgow to be taken by the vessel to some other port) general cargo at 0800 on 16^th April and completed loading at 1700 on 26^th April.

   On 20^th April at 1000 she shifted 30 feet astern in her berth

   Having finished loading at 1700 IXION, draught forward 19’ 10” and aft 22’ 09” prepared for sea, and, at 1900 on 26^th April, two tugs pulled her from the berth and towed her stern-first from the Dock and then canted (turned) her in the River Clyde and IXION made her way down-river to the sea and on her passage to Liverpool to complete loading of more cargo for Sydney (Australia).